Athletics-First meldonium case exposed in Russian athletics (Reuters)
(Corrects typo in ‘silver-medallist’, fourth paragraph) By Jack Stubbs MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters) – A first Russian track-and-field athlete has tested positive for the banned drug meldonium, heaping further pressure on the country’s athletics federation as it fights to be readmitted to international competition in time for the Olympic Games. Thirteen Russian sportsmen and women have now been caught using meldonium since it was banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Jan. 1, including world tennis star Maria Sharapova and speed skating Olympic gold-medallist Semion Elistratov.